[PAULUS libro septuagensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §46.5.2.prPraetoriae stipulationes aut rei restitutionem continent aut incertam quantitatem.
[PAULUS on the Edict, Book LXXIII] Praetorian stipulations contain either the restitution of a thing or an uncertain amount.
§46.5.2.1Sicuti stipulatio ex operis noui nuntiatione, qua cauetur, ut opus restituatur: ideoque siue actor siue reus decesserit pluribus heredibus relictis, uno uincente uel uicto totum opus restitui debebit: quamdiu enim aliquid superest, tamdiu non potest uideri opus restitutum.
As in the case of the stipulation arising from the notification of a new work, by which security is provided that the work shall be restored; and therefore, whether the plaintiff or the defendant dies leaving several heirs, even if one [of the heirs] wins or is defeated, the whole work must be restored; for as long as any part of it remains, the work cannot be deemed to have been restored.
§46.5.2.2Incertam quantitatem continet stipulatio iudicatum solui et rem ratam dominum habiturum et damni infecti et his similes, in quibus respondetur scindi eas in personas heredum, quamuis possit dici ex persona heredum promissoris non posse descendentem a defuncto stipulationem diuersam condicionem cuiusque facere.
An uncertain amount is contained in the stipulation for payment of the judgment debt, that the owner will ratify the transaction, concerning threatened damage, and others similar to these, in which cases it is answered that they are divided among the persons of the heirs, although it might be said, on the part of the heirs of the promisor, that the stipulation descending from the deceased cannot make the condition of each of them different.
at in contrarium summa ratione fit, ut uno ex heredibus stipulatoris uincente in partem eius committatur stipulatio: hoc enim facere uerba stipulationis 'quanti ea res est'.
On the contrary, however, it is with the highest reason that, when one of the heirs of the stipulator wins, the stipulation is committed for his share; for the words of the stipulation, "for as much as the matter is worth," have this effect.
sed si unus ex heredibus promissoris totam rem possideat, in solidum eum damnandum Iulianus scribit: in quantum autem ipse ea stipulatione uel fideiussores an omnino teneantur, dubitari potest: et uidendum ait, ne non committatur.
But if one of the heirs of the promisor possesses the whole thing, Julian writes that he must be condemned in solidum. However, it may be doubted to what extent he himself or the sureties are bound at all by that stipulation; and he says it must be considered whether it is not committed.
sed si lite contestata possessor decesserit, unum ex heredibus non maiore ex parte damnandum, licet totum fundum possideat, quam ex qua heres est.
But if the possessor dies after joinder of issue, one of the heirs is not to be condemned for a larger share than that of which he is heir, even though he possesses the whole estate.